Santander Taps Rubino to
Head Commercial Banking
Santander named
Robert Rubino co-president of the bank
and managing director,
head of Corporate and
Commercial Banking.
Michael Cleary, current
head of Consumer and

ABL Vet Hanabergh JoinsWhite Oak CommercialFinance as MD

Gerard M. Hanabergh
joined White Oak
Commercial Finance
as managing director
of Risk for Asset-Based
Lending. Most recently,
Hanabergh served as
an EVP and chief credit
officer at First Capital
and was instrumental
in the sale of First
Capital’s ABL portfolio
to Ares Commercial
Finance. Previously, he

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PERSONNEL NEWSWELLS FARGO ADDS FOUR NEW REGIONSUNDER BUSINESS BANKING GROUP

WELLS FARGO’SBusiness Banking Group (BBG) movedfrom three to seven regions, with a banking leaderappointed for each. In order to best serve customersin specific industries, BBG also established a newNational Specialty Industry Group, which will focus onserving Business Banking customers in select industries,including Investment Real Estate and Food andAgriculture. The team will also partner with other Wells Fargo businesses thatare serving customers in similar industries.Serving more than 100,000 businesses across the U.S. with annual salesgenerally from $5 million to $20 million, BBG provides a range of services, includingcredit, cash management, risk management, succession and wealth management.“We created the new regional structure and established the specializedindustry group to be closer to our Business Banking customers and continueto provide them with the financial services, products and advice they need tomanage risk, maximize efficiency and grow their business,” said Laura Oberst,head of Wells Fargo’s Business Banking Group. “This is an important and growingsegment for Wells Fargo, and we want to ensure we are best positioned to servethe needs of our customers.”The new structure now includes the East, Midwest, Mountain, Northeast,Pacific Northwest, SoCal Nevada and Southwest regions.

Based in Summit, NJ, Lucia DiNapoli Gibbons leads the East region of Washington,
D.C., Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi and Florida.